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Today is May 9 - Fashion FridayTWIGGY: Supermodel • Pop star • Award-winning actress • Occasional rock 'n' roll groupie |
Then and NowThen: An ugly duckling cast in her first film playing Cher’s daughter and Winona Ryder’s sister in Mermaids, launching her career as an indie oddball.
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2008-05-08
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Spridle's Got a Monkey on His Back
Could you imagine a live-action Speed Racer with a CGI Chim-Chim? PETA would have liked it that way. They got mad when a trainer "allegedly" beat a chimp that "allegedly" bit Spridle — apparently animals don’t like to work with kids either. Maybe primate lovers should stick to the Monkees for their entertainment — no one was ever harmed during filming.
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He's a Demon on WheelsSpeed Racer zips across the big screen this weekend in a blur of nerdy bliss. The Japanese import first hit our shores in 1967 as anime (the format’s first U.S. success, may we add) and stirred generations with freaky lip-match synchs and its ascot-ed hero’s Mach 5, a tricked-out ride that would give K.I.T.T. a run for his petrol. With the Wachowskis (The Matrix trilogy) as cooks, the movie promises to be a visual feast — well, aside from stars Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, and Matthew Fox, but it can't match the original's theme song. 
Go, Speed Racer
Go, Speed Racer, Go!
Cory
GetBack Editor-at-Large
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Real Men Don't Need a Mach 5
I drive a Prius. It's hi-tech with four cylinders of pure power and 42 miles per gallon. Show me a Mach 5 that gets that kind of mileage. I also get a jack for my iPhone and four cup-holders. FOUR CUP-HOLDERS! Hear that Speed Racer? Show me your cup-holders. You got four? Didn't think so. Wuss.
Check this outAccording to Popular Mechanics, the car cup-holder was invented in 1950.